This book offers a new approach to understanding and treating psychotic symptoms using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). CBT for Psychosis shows how this approach clears the way for a shift away from a biological understanding and towards a psychological understanding of psychosis.

Stressing the important connection between mental illness and mental health, further topics of discussion include:

• the assessment and formulation of psychotic symptoms
• how to treat psychotic symptoms using CBT
• CBT for specific and co-morbid conditions
• CBT of bipolar disorders.

This book brings together international experts from different aspects of this fast developing field and will be of great interest to all mental health professionals working with people suffering from psychotic symptoms.

About the Author

Roger Hagen, PhD, PsyD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Douglas Turkington, MD, Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry, Newcastle University, UK

Torkil Berge, PsyD, Psychologist, Vinderen Community Mental Health Centre, Diakonhjemmet sykehus, Oslo, Norway

Rolf W Grawe, PhD, PsyD, Head of R & D Unit, Drug and Alcohol Treatment, Norway

Reviews

"This exceptional book contains state of the art theory, research, and therapeutics of CBT for psychosis. Clinicians and researchers interested in developing an up-to-date understanding of CBT for schizophrenia will find it indispensable." - Aaron T. Beck, University Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA

"This book provides an excellent overview of current developments in the field of CBT for psychosis, with innovative contributions from numerous international experts. It will be of value to both clinicians and researchers and will promote the psychological understanding and treatment of psychosis" - Tony Morrison, Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Manchester, UK

"This is a very comprehensive volume that raises our awareness of the application of CBT to understand and treat psychosis in its many forms. It should be available to all who study and treat such disorders and will no doubt stimulate the reader to examine the possible benefits of this treatment of schizophrenia and other psychoses." - Richard M. Steinbook, MD, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Volume 200, Number 9, September 2012

"This exceptional book contains state of the art theory, research, and therapeutics of CBT for psychosis. Clinicians and researchers interested in developing an up-to-date understanding of CBT for schizophrenia will find it indispensable." - Aaron T. Beck, University Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA

"This book provides an excellent overview of current developments in the field of CBT for psychosis, with innovative contributions from numerous international experts. It will be of value to both clinicians and researchers and will promote the psychological understanding and treatment of psychosis" - Tony Morrison, Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Manchester, UK

"This is a very comprehensive volume that raises our awareness of the application of CBT to understand and treat psychosis in its many forms. It should be available to all who study and treat such disorders and will no doubt stimulate the reader to examine the possible benefits of this treatment of schizophrenia and other psychoses." - Richard M. Steinbook, MD, The journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Volume 200, Number 9, September 2012

"This edited book is a timely and useful contribution to the literature on theory and practice in cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis (CBTp). The majority of chapters are written by the leading experts in the field and, as such, provide the latest models and research findings in the area, together with details of the treatment approaches and case examples." - Louise Johns, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Journal, Vol 40, No 4, 2011

"This book provides a compelling case for a psychological view of psychosis that can influence current treatments and future research. I suspect that many of these ideas will be new to mental health professionals in the United States. The chapters need not be read in succession or in total, as many provide a succinct overview that can stand alone." - American Journal of Psychiatry, November 2011

"As every chapter is written by a different set of experts in each respective area, CBT for Psychosis is packed full of insult and truly is excellent for a full understanding of the area. Every detail is in as much detail and written with as much knowledge as the next, it is almost like having a room full of lecturers discussing a topic in their area of expertise. Despite this, the book maintains a good flow and is very easy to read. This is aided by the very helpful visual representations of models that are of great help to a reader as it complements the text, and allows for a better understanding [...] CBT for Psychosis is a excellent and very informative book about an exciting new area if psychology. Stuffed full of insight, a strong scientific base and a keen eye on the future, this book is as interesting as it is indespensable for anyone with a keen interest in CBT for psychosis." - Marie Sara Louis, Clinical Psychology Forum, British Psychological Society Online

Book Information
ISBN 9780415549479
Author Roger Hagen
Format Paperback
Page Count 296
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 550g